Policy Server Connection Screen

Applies to:
  • Forcepoint Web Security, v8.5.x
  • Forcepoint URL Filtering, v8.5.x

This screen appears if any of the following is selected for installation, but Policy Server is neither selected nor already installed on the machine:

Windows only Windows or Linux
  • Forcepoint Security Manager (Web Security module)
  • Log Server
  • DC Agent
  • Real-Time Monitor
  • Remote Filtering Client Pack
  • Linking Service
  • Filtering Service
  • Network Agent
  • Usage Monitor
  • User Service
  • Logon Agent
  • eDirectory Agent
  • RADIUS Agent
  • State Server
  • Remote Filtering Server
  • Sync Service
  • Directory Agent

Enter the IP address of the Policy Server machine and the Policy Server communication port (default is 55806).

  • The Policy Server communication port must be in the range 1024-65535.
  • During installation, Policy Server may have been automatically configured to use a port other than the default. (This does not apply to appliance-based Policy Server instances.) To verify the port:
    1. Navigate to the bin directory on the Policy Server machine (C:\Program Files\Websense\Web Security\bin or /opt/Websense/bin/, by default) and open the websense.ini file in a text editor.
    2. Locate the PolicyServerPort value.
    3. When you are finished, close the file without saving. Do not modify the file.
If your deployment includes Forcepoint appliances:
  • Policy Server is installed on the full policy source appliance and any user directory and filtering appliances.
  • If Policy Server is running on any appliance, enter the IP address of the appliance’s C interface.

    Note that when Policy Server resides on an appliance, you must enable the on-appliance Directory Agent, rather than connecting an off-appliance (software-based) instance of the service to the on-appliance Policy Server.

If Policy Server is not currently installed anywhere in your network, you must install it before any of the components listed above.

  • To install Policy Server on this machine, click Previous, then add Policy Server to the components selected for installation.
  • To install Policy Server on another machine, run the Forcepoint Security Installer or Web Linux Installer on that machine first, before continuing to attempt installation on the current machine.